Norwegian Labour Party
Norwegian political party
(Redirected from Arbeiderpartiet)
The Norwegian Labour Party (Bokmål: Arbeiderpartiet) has been, since its founding in 1887, the main political party of the centre-left in Norway. It is currently the party of government in the country. It is the biggest party in Norway. The current party leader is Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
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Leader | Jonas Gahr Støre |
Parliamentary leader | Helga Pedersen |
Founded | 1887 |
Headquarters | Youngstorget 2 A, 5th floor Oslo |
Youth wing | Workers' Youth League |
Membership | 200,500 (peak, 1950)[1] 55,869 (2011)[2] |
Ideology | Social democracy |
Political position | Centre-left |
European affiliation | Party of European Socialists |
International affiliation | Socialist International * |
Nordic affiliation | SAMAK |
Colours | Red |
Slogan | "Alle skal med" ("Everyone shall be included") |
Parliament | 64 / 169 |
County Councils[3] | 273 / 728 |
Municipal / City Councils[4] | 3,373 / 10,781 |
Sami Parliament | 14 / 39 |
Website | |
arbeiderpartiet.no | |
* Formerly member of Comintern (1919–1923) and Labour and Socialist International (1938–1940). |
References
change- ↑ Røed, Lars-Ludvig (7 January 2009). "Lengre mellom partimedlemmene i dag". Aftenposten.
- ↑ "Historisk økning i medlemstallet - Partiet - Arbeiderpartiet". Archived from the original on 2012-12-06. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
- ↑ "Valg 2011: Landsoversikt per parti" (in Norwegian). Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
- ↑ "Arbeidarpartiet". Valg 2011 (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
Other websites
change- (in Norwegian) Arbeiderpartiet - Official site
- (in English) [1] - Information in English
- Election results for the Labour Party in the 2011 local elections